Riskified (NYSE:RSKD – Get Free Report) and Perfect (NYSE:PERF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
59.0% of Riskified shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Riskified shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Perfect shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Riskified has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perfect has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Riskified | -4.23% | -3.93% | -2.79% |
| Perfect | 8.13% | 3.73% | 2.98% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Riskified and Perfect”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Riskified | $344.64 million | 2.67 | -$27.57 million | ($0.11) | -56.50 |
| Perfect | $69.15 million | 2.85 | $4.64 million | $0.06 | 32.25 |
Perfect has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Riskified. Riskified is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perfect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Riskified and Perfect, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Riskified | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Perfect | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
Riskified presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.59%. Given Riskified’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Riskified is more favorable than Perfect.
Summary
Perfect beats Riskified on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Riskified
Riskified Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops and offers an e-commerce risk management platform that allows online merchants to create trusted relationships with consumers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. It offers Chargeback Guarantee that ensures the legitimacy of merchants' online orders; Policy Protect, a machine learning solution designed to detect and prevent refund and returns policy abuse in real-time; Account Secure, a solution that cross-checks every login attempt; Dispute Resolve, which is used to compile submissions for fraud and non-fraud related chargeback issues; and PSD2 Optimize that helps merchants avoid bank authorization failures and abandoned shopping carts. The company serves direct-to-consumer brands, online-only retailers, omnichannel retailers, online marketplaces, and e-commerce service providers in various industries, such as payments, money transfer and crypto, tickets and travel, electronics, home, and fashion and luxury goods. Riskified Ltd. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
About Perfect
Perfect Corp. is a software as a service technology company, which engages in the business of developing makeup virtual try-on solutions. Its solutions include virtual try-ons for makeup, nail art, hairstyles, beard dye and styling, eyewear, jewelry, advanced skin diagnostic technology, foundation shade finder, and interactive artificial reality makeup application tutorial platform. Its brands include Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC, e.l.e., benefit, Sally Hansen, Belcorp, Decorté, NARS, Aveda, Madisonreed, kate, Sofina iP, Jillstuart, Cosnova, Beekman, Marianna, Ardell, tarte, and Coffret D’or. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Japan, France, and Others. The company was founded by Alice H. Chang on February 13, 2015 and is headquartered in New Taipei, Taiwan.
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